AskHistorians Podcast 020 - Byzantines: Macedonian and Komnenian Dynasties
The AskHistorians Podcast · AskHistorians Podcast
September 26, 20141h 30m
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Show Notes
Ambarenya discusses with 400-Rabbits the two dynasties that formed the golden age of the medieval Byzantine Empire, albeit a golden age that was fraught with internal dissent and encroaching enemies on all sides. Part 1 covers the Macedonian dynasty, primarily examining their later period and decline, before seguing ino the turmoil that eventually gave rise to Alexios Komnenos as the first of the Komnenian dynasty.